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How to pronounce shelve in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table
Type of delay
Has types suspend, hold, probate, reprieve, respite, call
Derivation shelver
Type Words
Type of pose, set, position, place, put, lay
Derivation shelver


shelve books.

Examples of shelve

shelve
Others, such as Prada and Burberry, have had to shelve planned stock offerings.
From the businessweek.com
Volunteers now tutor after school, teach computer classes, and re-shelve books.
From the ocregister.com
This week, China announced that it would shelve a plan to raise the minimum wage.
From the washingtonpost.com
Be neutral and in charge and shelve your bewilderment and she'll respond in kind.
From the washingtonpost.com
On holidays, or periods of feeling overwhelmed, it's easy to shelve this concept.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He won reluctant agreement to shelve the bill while Hatch hatched an amendment.
From the time.com
Volunteers were recruited to shelve books and take on many other important tasks.
From the post-gazette.com
In this time of economic uncertainty, we need to champion AB 2058, not shelve it.
From the latimes.com
Community volunteers are sought to help unpack and shelve the books next week.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Postpone: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
  • Place on a shelf; "shelve books"
  • Coordinates: 39u00B050u203208u2033N 46u00B017u203256u2033EuFEFF / uFEFF39.83556u00B0N 46.29889u00B0EuFEFF / 39.83556; 46.29889
  • (Shelved) In the film industry, a film is considered shelved if it is not released for public viewing after filming has started, or even completed.
  • (Shelving) This article is about surgical anatomy. Readers interested in other usages are referred to the shelf disambiguation article.
  • (shelving) Shelves considered as a mass
  • (SHELVING) An equaliser response affecting all frequencies above or below the break frequency i.e. a high-pass or low-pass derived response.
  • (Shelving) A means of rolling off the high or low frequencies. It is similar to a bass or treble control.
  • (Shelving) Acknowledging an offer but not doing anything with it, with the intent of using it later. Of course, later never comes.